Fighting evil attacker away, helicopter is capable of this Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fighting evil attacker away, helicopter is capable of this last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 15 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VERTICALTAKEOFF.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VERTICALTAKEOFF Fighting evil attacker away, helicopter is capable of this (15) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 5, 2024
6% APACHE Army attack helicopter (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
5% TIFF Attack retreating force showing little fight (4) The Times Cryptic Oct 30, 2025
5% OES Capable (3) USA Today Quick Oct 4, 2025
5% ABLE Capable (4) USA Today Quick Oct 4, 2025
5% ROTOR Helicopter blade (5) Puzzler Backwords Sep 18, 2025
4% OILWAR Crude fight? (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
4% SPAR Practice-fight (4) USA Today Nov 7, 2025
4% STUNG Attacked, as a wasp (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 4, 2025
4% SIEGE Prolonged attack (5) Eugene Sheffer Nov 3, 2025

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